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In the first of a series containing Galuppi’s 100 piano sonatas, we present eight of these masterpieces. All music lovers should sample these seminal works, which made Galuppi one of the greatest composers of his day;all the more strange that he should have fallen into such obscurity.
Peter Seivewright has spent a good deal of time on a research mission to Venice and other European cities, retrieving the unpublished manuscript scores and preparing performing editions. One of the great revelations brought about by this work is that Galuppi, far from being a straightforward baroque composer writing for the traditional keyboard instruments (harpsichord and clavichord), which have been employed in all previous recordings, actually waited until the piano had been developed before creating most of his phenomenal output. Many of the original manuscripts are titled “Sonata for Pianoforte”, and much of the writing, making substantial use of the sustain pedal, simply do not work on the earlier instruments.
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Baldasarre Galuppi:
- Piano Sonata in A minor (1A) − I. Larghetto cantabile (2:52)
- Piano Sonata in A minor (1A) − II. Allegro vivace (2:02)
- Piano Sonata in C minor (1B) − I. Adagio molto (2:43)
- Piano Sonata in C minor (1B) − II. Allegro (2:22)
- Piano Sonata in B flat major (1C) − I. Andantino (4:52)
- Piano Sonata in B flat major (1C) − II. Allegro (2:40)
- Piano Sonata in C minor (1D) − I. Larghetto (3:04)
- Piano Sonata in C minor (1D) − II. Allegro (2:13)
- Piano Sonata in C minor (1D) − III. Allegro assai (1:50)
- Piano Sonata in A major (1E) − I. Andante (3:32)
- Piano Sonata in A major (1E) − II. Allegro (2:07)
- Piano Sonata in G minor (1F) − I. Largo (5:29)
- Piano Sonata in G minor (1F) − II. Allegro energico (2:15)
- Piano Sonata in G minor (1F) − III. Allegretto grazioso (4:30)
- Piano Sonata in E major (1G) − I. Allegro moderato (2:36)
- Piano Sonata in E major (1G) − II. Variazioni (4:11)
- Piano Sonata in F major (1H) − I. Andantino e con espressione (6:06)
- Piano Sonata in F major (1H) − II. Allegro assai (2:51)
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Piano Sonata in A minor (1A) − I. Larghetto cantabile (2:52)
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Piano Sonata in A minor (1A) − II. Allegro vivace (2:02)
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Piano Sonata in C minor (1B) − I. Adagio molto (2:43)
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Piano Sonata in C minor (1B) − II. Allegro (2:22)
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Piano Sonata in B flat major (1C) − I. Andantino (4:52)
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Piano Sonata in B flat major (1C) − II. Allegro (2:40)
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Piano Sonata in C minor (1D) − I. Larghetto (3:04)
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Piano Sonata in C minor (1D) − II. Allegro (2:13)
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Piano Sonata in C minor (1D) − III. Allegro assai (1:50)
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Piano Sonata in A major (1E) − I. Andante (3:32)
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Piano Sonata in A major (1E) − II. Allegro (2:07)
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Piano Sonata in G minor (1F) − I. Largo (5:29)
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Piano Sonata in G minor (1F) − II. Allegro energico (2:15)
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Piano Sonata in G minor (1F) − III. Allegretto grazioso (4:30)
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Piano Sonata in E major (1G) − I. Allegro moderato (2:36)
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Piano Sonata in E major (1G) − II. Variazioni (4:11)
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Piano Sonata in F major (1H) − I. Andantino e con espressione (6:06)
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Piano Sonata in F major (1H) − II. Allegro assai (2:51)